
Franco Franchi
Sep 18, 1928 (96 years old) in
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franco Franchi (born Francesco Benenato , 18 September 1928 - 9 December 1992) was an Italian comedian. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in many comedies, mainly as a duo with Ciccio Ingrassia but also in more dramatic material such as Comencini's 'Adventures of Pinocchio (1972), in which they paired memorably as the Fox and the Cat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Franchi,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2004 · How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · You Jane, Me Tarzan as Mercenary
- 1987 · Blue Tango as Gaetano Buttitta
- 1985 · Buona Domenica as Partecipazione
- 1984 · Kaos as Zi' Dima (segment "La giara")
- 1983 · Uno storico pasticcio as Franco
- 1981 · Cream, Chocolate and... Paprika as Matteo
- 1976 · Due ragazzi incorreggibili as
- 1976 · Domenica In as Self
- 1976 · Friends More Than Before as
- 1975 · Dream of Zorro as Paco / Zorro
- 1975 · The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1975 · The Noon Vigilante as Franco Gabbiani
- 1974 · The Inheritance of Uncle Goodsoul as Franco Favazza
- 1974 · Littlefoot the Policeman as Franco Petralia
- 1974 · Farfallon as Farfallon
- 1974 · Paolo the Cool as Paolino Pastorino detto Tino
- 1974 · Franco e Ciccio superstars as
- 1973 · Il sergente Rompiglioni as Francesco Garibaldi Rompiglioni
- 1973 · Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore as Franco
- 1973 · Dirty Weekend as Person on Film #1 (Theater) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973 · The Godfather's Godson as Oronzo Musumeci
- 1973 · The Cat from Brooklyn Wants to Be a Detective as Frankie Lonego
- 1973 · The Last Italian Tango as Franco
- 1972 · The Adventures of Pinocchio as Gatto
- 1972 · The Two Big Cats O'Nine Tails... and a Half in Amsterdam as Franco, il fotografo
- 1972 · Story of Fear and a Knife as Franco
- 1972 · Two Sons of Trinity as Franco Trinità
- 1972 · Teatro 11 as Self
- 1972 · Les Aventures De Pinocchio as Gatto
- 1972 · They Were Still Called... The Most and the Least as Franco Pietrasicca
- 1972 · Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo as Franco Franchini
- 1971 · I due assi del guantone as Franco Marsala
- 1971 · The Two Big Shots as Franco
- 1971 · Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as Franco
- 1971 · Will the Lawyer Franco Benenato Be Able to Defeat his Arch Enemy the Magistrate Ciccio De Ingras? as Franco Benenato
- 1971 · The Two of the F. 1 at the Craziest, Craziest Race in the World as Franco / Pepito Gonzales
- 1971 · It's a Woman's War as Serg. Franco Samperi
- 1971 · Ma che musica maestro as Franco, il capobanda
- 1971 · ...Excuse Me, Do You Pay Taxes? as Franco
- 1971 · Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Franco Bello
- 1971 · The Clan of the Two Borsalini as Franco Franchetti, il 'Professore'
- 1970 · The Two Wizards of the Ball as Mago K. K
- 1970 · Two Whites in Dark Africa as Franco
- 1970 · Those Sweet Creatures as Franco Samperi
- 1970 · Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera as Principe Don Mimì
- 1970 · I due maggiolini più matti del mondo as Franco
- 1970 · Who Gave You the License? as Franco
- 1970 · Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest as Don Franco
- 1970 · Paths of War as Franco
- 1970 · On the Day of the Lord as Carceriere
- 1970 · Satiricosissimo as Franco
- 1969 · Lisa with the Blue Eyes as funzionario Centro Spaziale #1
- 1969 · Franco and Ciccio... Robber and Cop as Franco Chiappalone
- 1969 · Franco, Ciccio and the Pirate Blackbeard as Franco
- 1969 · Guess Who's Coming for a Snack? as Franco La Rapa
- 1969 · I 2 deputati as Franco Franchini
- 1968 · The Two Magnificent Fresconi as Franco
- 1968 · The Nephews of Zorro as Franco La Vacca
- 1968 · Two Firefighters as Francesco Perricone
- 1968 · Ciccio Forgives, I Don't as Franco
- 1968 · Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza as Sancio Panza
- 1968 · I due Crociati as Franco di Carrapipi
- 1968 · American Secret Service as
- 1968 · Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows as Franco Marelli / Salvatore Pollara
- 1968 · Caprice Italian Style as Cassio
- 1968 · What Are the Clouds? as Cassio
- 1968 · Ugly at Night as Franco / Bruto Di Notte
- 1968 · All the Gold in the World as Franco
- 1968 · How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Franco
- 1967 · The World's Gold as Franco Sparapaoli
- 1967 · The Sicily Barbers as Franco Lo Persico
- 1967 · I due vigili as Franco Lo Cascio
- 1967 · Tonight I'll Throw Me as Bath attendant
- 1967 · I Zanzaroni as
- 1967 · Two R-R-Ringos from Texas as Franco Caterina
- 1967 · The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid as Il brutto - Franco
- 1967 · The Tall, The Short, The Cat as Franco
- 1966 · Two Sons of Ringo as Franco Merendino / Django
- 1966 · Gli altri, gli altri e noi as 'Occhi Svelti'
- 1966 · The Two Sans-culottes as Franco La Capra
- 1966 · Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs as Franco
- 1966 · How We Robbed the Bank of Italy as Franco
- 1966 · 2 Mobsters Against Al Capone as Franco
- 1965 · The Two Parachutists as Pasquale - Franco Impallomeni
- 1965 · War Italian Style as Frank Scordia
- 1965 · 002 Operation Moon as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
- 1965 · The Amazing Doctor G as Franco Pecora
- 1965 · How We Got Into Trouble with the Army as soldato Piscitello
- 1965 · Two Idiots at Fort Alamo as Franco La Pera
- 1965 · Latin Lovers as Franco
- 1965 · Veneri in collegio as Calogero Junior
- 1965 · The Sons of the Leopard as Franco / Maria Rosa
- 1965 · Fistful of Knuckles as Franco
- 1965 · Wrong Beds as Franco (Segment "La seconda moglie")
- 1965 · I Kill, You Kill as Turiddu (segment "Cavalleria Rusticana, oggi")
- 1964 · Two Public Enemies as Franco
- 1964 · Soldiers and corporals as Franco
- 1964 · Venus in the Sun as Francesco Macrì (segment "Una domenica a Fregene")
- 1964 · A Monster and a Half as Franco \ Cesarone
- 1964 · I due toreri as Franco Scontentezza
- 1964 · Seduced and Duped as Franco
- 1964 · Oh! Those Most Secret Agents as Franco Passalacqua
- 1964 · Easy Love as Franco (segment "Un uomo corretto")
- 1964 · Primitive Love as Franco
- 1964 · Two Escape from Sing Sing as Franco
- 1964 · Corpse for the Lady as Gianni
- 1964 · The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) as Avvocato Franchi
- 1964 · Two Gangsters in the Wild West as Franco Capone / Il nonno di Franco / Francuzza l'abbandonata
- 1964 · The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars as Socio dello scrittore
- 1964 · Songs, Bullies and Chicks as Gaspare
- 1964 · These Mad, Mad Women as Turiddu Macrì ('Siciliani a Milano')
- 1964 · The Maniacs as Thief #1 (segment 'Il week-end)
- 1964 · Le tardone as The killer (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
- 1964 · 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge as Nicolino Celletti
- 1964 · The Two Mafiosi as Franco Fisichella
- 1963 · Scandal Nudes as polizziotto Franco
- 1963 · The Swindlers as Salvatore (segment "Siciliani")
- 1963 · Everything is Music as Friend of Anemia
- 1963 · Target: Girls as Cassarà
- 1963 · La donna degli altri è sempre più bella as Turiddu Macrì (segment "I Promessi Sposi")
- 1963 · The Shortest Day as Franco Lo Grugno
- 1963 · Adventure at the Motel as Franco
- 1962 · Vino, whisky e acqua salata as cuoco
- 1962 · I motorizzati as Un ladro di gomme
- 1962 · The Masseuses as Franco - Nightwatchman #1
- 1962 · 2 samurai per 100 geishe as Franco Santuzzo
- 1962 · Those Two in the Legion as Franco Cocuzza
- 1962 · The Three Enemies as Fantuzzo
- 1962 · Il mio amico Benito as Terrorista
- 1961 · Dying as Hierarchs as Scilla
- 1961 · Fists, Girls and Sailors as Salvatore
- 1961 · The Last Judgment as disoccupato
- 1961 · Hercules in the Valley of Woe as Francheo
- 1961 · 5 marines per 100 ragazze as factotum
- 1961 · The Honored Society as Saruzzo
- 1960 · Appointment in Ischia as Contrabbandiere Basso
- 1960 · The Loves of Salammbo as
- 1950 · The Promise as